ARPA-E

  • Aerial view of many wind turbines in a row

    $3.3 million project aims to transform grid management with risk metrics for renewables

    The goal of the project—Risk-Aware Market Clearing—is a blueprint for an end-to-end, data-driven approach that balances cost and minimizes system-level risk. Market clearing is the process that keeps the supply level to the demand with no leftover of either. Read More

    Jun 17, 2020

  • Arun Majumdar

    Seeking game-changing energy technologies

    Arun Majumdar is the first director of the Department of Energy's ARPA-E (Zach Goodyear / Vanderbilt University) “Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It’s time to start thinking.” This quote, attributed to the New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford, summarizes the main point of the presentation that… Read More

    Nov 11, 2011